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Country Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
- The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another;…
- He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar…
- These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds…
- Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason…
- Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
- A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has,…
- In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever…
- He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot.
- Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible.…
- It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The…
- A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where…
- Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the…
- No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For…
- They who have already enjoyed the crowds and noise of the great city, know their desire to return is little more than the restlessness of…
- How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river…
- A blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another.
- All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse,…
- To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference was made without,…
More Country Quotes
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so… — Sholem Asch
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or… — Chinua Achebe
- I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see… — David Attenborough
- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself. — Margaret Atwood
- I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because… — Chinua Achebe
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood